Agostino Vespucci

Agostino Vespucci
NationalityItalian
Other namesAugustinus Mathei Vespuccii [1]
OccupationGovernment clerk
RelativesAmerigo Vespucci (cousin)[2]

Agostino Vespucci was a Florentine chancellery official, clerk, and assistant to Niccolò Machiavelli, among others.[3] He is most well known for helping to confirm the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa as Lisa del Giocondo,[4] but is also the author of a number of surviving letters and manuscripts.[5]

  1. ^ Schlechter, Armin (29 April 2008), "Ita Leonardus Vincius facit in omnibus suis picturis", IASL Online (in German), ISSN 1612-0442, retrieved 5 July 2010
  2. ^ "The 'Heidelberg Document'". The Mona Lisa Foundation. 11 September 2012. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. ^ Viroli, Maurizio (2005). "Introduction". The Prince. Oxford University Press. p. x. ISBN 0-19-280426-X.
  4. ^ "Mona Lisa – Heidelberg discovery confirms identity". Heidelberg University Library. University of Heidelberg. 2008. Archived from the original on 8 May 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  5. ^ Probst, Veit. "Rätselhafte Mona Lisa". Heidelberg University Library (in German). University of Heidelberg. Retrieved 5 July 2010.